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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 5, 2013Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 5, 2013, 7:01 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2013, 7:01 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2013, 10:24 AM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point SF Catawba River below George Poston Park, 1 N Lowell (LOWN7). The gauge peaked at 11.27 ft at Jul 6, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02145000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 5, 5:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 5:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-
068>070-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD OCCUR...MAINLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. EVEN
NORMALLY SUB SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES AND
CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES GIVEN THE VERY WET GROUND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH
THE REST OF WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-061930-
IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG
AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND PERHAPS LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. EVEN NORMALLY SUB SEVERE WIND
GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
GIVEN THE VERY WET GROUND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
WEEKEND...WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

HG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:51 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	3 hr
Jul 4, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	48 min
Jul 4, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln	44 min
Jul 4, 8:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 4, 9:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Iredell	54 min
Jul 4, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	66 min
Jul 4, 9:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	53 min
Jul 4, 11:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	96 min
Jul 5, 12:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	6 hr
Jul 5, 12:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson	12 hr
Jul 5, 2:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	10 hr
Jul 5, 5:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	57 min
Jul 5, 5:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	10 hr
Jul 5, 7:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	60 min
Jul 5, 9:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell	12 hr
Jul 5, 10:55 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	44 min
Jul 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	26 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Rutherford	64 min
Jul 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	42 min
Jul 5, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	61 min
Jul 5, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	39 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	60 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Yancey	53 min
Jul 5, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	107 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	38 min
Jul 5, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	47 min
Jul 5, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	29 min
Jul 4, 10:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	109 min
Jul 5, 12:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	12 hr
Jul 5, 1:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	119 min
Jul 5, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	York	92 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, Union	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	65 min
Jul 5, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	54 min
Jul 5, 5:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.